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NO. 242,358. Patented May 31,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE'.

ALVIN o. NoRoRoss, OF nosros, .nasssonusnrrs.

WATCH-DIAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,358, dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed March 5,1851. Modeh) To all tCIlOIIL it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVIN (J. Joncaoss, of Boston, in the county of Suti'olk, and in the State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Watch-Dials; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters ofrefereuee marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

This invention has forits objects to produce an inexpensive watch-dial that may be readily applied to any watch; but it is particularly designed to furnish an article which may be made at such costthat itmay be used for the cheaper grades of second-handed watches, for which the ordinary dials would prove too expensive. I i

There are innumerable watches in the market which it would not pay to repair with the ordinary enameled or other usual dial, and as such watches are of various sizes, and as the location ofthe second-hand pivot varies greatly in the ditl'erent classes, it is almost impossible to fit such watches with dials without keeping a large assortment of dials in stock, and even then in many cases no dial can be found to fit. This incurs expense and serious incoir venience, which my invention is designed to obviate, as by my improved adjustable seeond-hand dial any dial of approximately the proper size maybe fitted to the watch, no matter what the location of the second-hand pivot may be. Again, the ordinary dials are se cured by copper feet, which must be fitted to holes in the plate. This adds to the dilliculty of attachment, as it is almost impossible to get the dial, second-hand dial, and the feet to fall in their proper relative positions. In theprescnt invention, thediul being cemented to the plate or old dial, no such ditlicnlt-y is experienced.

My invention consists ofau adjustable watchdial constructed of any suitable niateriahsueh as enameled card-board, celluloid, or the like, which is adapted to be easily cut with a punch and die, and which can be made to fit. the various sizes of watches in the market, or, when ordered with proper directions, can be conveniently adjusted, so that the center and second hand pivot apertures in the dial will be in the exact relative positions required, as more fully hereinafter specified.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a view of my improved dial previous to the insertion of the second-hand dial. Fig. 2 represents a detached view of the second-hand dial; Fig. 3, a view showing the dial with the secondhand dial complete; Fig. 4,a back view of the dial complete; Fig. 5, a view of the secondhand dial before heingpunched from the card; Fig.6,a vicwof the dial with aperture punched for the reception of the second-hand dial, and Fig. 7 a detached view of the annulus for holding the second-hand dial in place.

The letter A indicates the watch-dial, which is constructed of suitable material, such as card-board or other substance that may be easily cut with a punch and die, the figures be ing printed thereon in any convenient manner.

The letter B indicates the second-hand dial, which is printed or otherwise produced upon card-board or other material similar to the material upon which the watch-dial is printed.

The dials are made in assorted sizes to cor respond with the various sizes of watches in the market.

In supplying the improved dial to the trade the buyer has but to indicate the exact distance between eeuterand second-hand, and the aperture (3 is punched in the proper position for the reception of the second-hand dial, the second-hand dial being held in place by an annular backing, D, which is cemented to the rear of the dial.

It will be seen that as thus constructed the dial, at little expense, may be adjusted to fit any description of watch, and can be applied in the place of an ordinary or broken dial, or cemented over the face of such dial, the edges being trimmed to the proper extent.

The dial may also be substituted for the oldstyle gold dials, which are objectionable on account of color and the difiienlty of reading the figures.

be removed and replaced, rendering thewatch much more convenient and stylish in appearanee, while the gold of the old plate removed possesses considerable intrinsic value and can be profitably utilized.

Other means of securing the second-hand dial to the main dial maybe employedas,

By my invention such dials may 5 for instance, the second hand dial may be printed on thin paper and cemented to the face of said main dial. 7

Having thus described my invention, what 5 I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

As a new article of manufacture, the prepared sheet of dial-faces and seconds-dials, adapted to be combined in any position dezo sired, so as to be applied to various descrip' tions of watches, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing 1 have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of March, 1881;

ALVIN o. NORCROSS.

Witnesses:

J. J. MCCARTHY, H. AUBREY TOULMIN. 

